Anglicare is in need of more foster carers and will be running two, commitment free, information sessions for people who may be interested in finding out more about becoming foster carers. Foster carers can come from all walks of life; married, single, unemployed, working full-time. Whether you’re in it for the long-term or can…
“[Respite care] is something we wanted to do for a while,” says Shelly. “We knew there were a lot of children who were in situations where they weren’t receiving the care and attention that they needed… We felt this was something we could do together with passion and commitment, and we felt like respite care was going to be our…
05 July 2019. Anglicare celebrates NAIDOC Week with Community Lunch at Ashmont Community Centre The Anglicare team are celebrating NAIDOC Week by inviting people to a community lunch to be held at Ashmont Community Resource Centre, 42 Tobruk Street at 10am on Wednesday 10 July. The lunch will include a free BBQ, the opportunity to…
Clients of Anglicare’s Housing and Homelessness Service in Goulburn have been receiving free cooking classes thanks to the Mulwaree branch of Country Women’s Association. Every Monday, Anglicare clients attend the classes hosted by the CWA which takes them through recipes step-by-step and also educates them on safe food handling, storage, healthy eating and tips…
In celebration of National Volunteers Week, St Johns Hall was transformed to host a special morning tea to honour and celebrate Anglicare’s volunteers. The event was attended by more than 100 volunteers from a range of Anglicare services in Canberra including St John’s Care, Anglicare Retail and Disaster Recovery. Guest speaker Virginia Haussegger, a…
On Wednesday 8 May the Canberra YMCA, in partnership with Anglicare, officially launched Youth Space. The initiative, based at Anglicare’s building at Scotts Crossing in Canberra, provides afternoon support for young people with activities like games, cooking and a safe place to meet with the YMCA team and receive additional support. The launch event was attended by young people,…
Written by Anglicare CEO, Jeremy Halcrow. “… some blandly undefined notion of corporate responsibility… [does] not constitute genuine accounts of sustainability but powerful fictions, fairy tales to help the children sleep at night.” Rob Gray, Emeritus Professor of Social and Environmental Accounting at St Andrews University in Scotland, is describing the fundamental tension within Corporate…
The newest stage of Anglicare’s Wollondilly Gardens Retirement Village in Goulburn will officially launch on Wednesday 3 April at 10am, and will be marked with a ‘turning of the sod’ attended by management, staff, residents and representatives from partner organisations. Stage 3 consists of six detached villas – five of which have already sold –…
By Susan Mickelburgh – Anglicare Senior Carer Practitioner (Moruya/Bega) Susan has been a social worker for over 40 years and has undertaken a variety of roles in the public and private sectors in several parts of Australian and in Indonesia. She has worked for Anglicare for 18 months and is passionate about seeing families, children…
By Debbi Fluke, Anglicare NSW South, NSW West and ACT Despite, or perhaps because of, society’s increasing focus on the online world, there is a strong drive for rebuilding community in local areas. Older generations are becoming increasingly isolated; refugees and migrants have limited English and opportunities to engage in community; younger people need safe,…
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